果冻影院

The Division is made up of four Research Departments: Mental Health of Older People, Mental Health and Neuroscience, Marie Curie Palliative Care Research, and Epidemiology and Applied Clinical Research.

Our students come from a range of academic backgrounds including nursing, medicine, psychology and social sciences.

How to apply

Expressions of interest

When you have formulated a PhD research idea and would like to discuss options for studying within the Division of Psychiatry, please approach a member of the Division who shares your interests (broad research interests can be found further down this page under 'Supervisors'). At this stage, you would be expected to share your research interests, thesis idea, training needs and the methods you would hope to use with potential supervisors. You may also want to ask supervisors about future grant proposals on which there might be PhD opportunities.听

Once you have contacted a staff member and have their agreement to be a supervisor, you should register your interest via below so that we can support your application. In this form you will be asked to provide contact information, list your supervisor(s), and tell us more about your project plan. 听This form also includes the option of providing diversity monitoring information, which will only be used for internal purposes and will not be passed on to supervisors. This information will be stored following UK GDPR guidance.

A prospective supervisor may then invite you to further online meetings, to visit the department for informal discussion, or to complete the 果冻影院 application form. At this stage it is essential that a suitable subject area can be identified and that you are sufficiently interested, motivated and able to produce a doctoral thesis. The interaction between student and supervisor can often be a crucial ingredient for the success of any research.听

MPhil to PhD

Under 果冻影院 regulations, all PhD students at 果冻影院 are initially registered as MPhil students, and must go through the process of an upgrade from MPhil to PhD status.

For full-time research students, this happens between 9 and 18 months after initial registration, and for part-time students, this is between 15 and 30 months after starting. We adhere to the standard 果冻影院 expectations for upgrade in the DoP. This involves submitting an upgrade report, presenting your work and future plans to the department and taking part in an upgrade viva.

Funding

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We have over 70 PhD students in the division. Some are self-funded (often through working part time on studies within the division alongside study), while others have been awarded funding to cover fees and a stipend for living costs. If you have a research idea and would like to discuss PhD options with a member of the Division, do feel free to contact any of us directly, having looked through the webpages describing individuals' research interests.

Available funding opportunitities at 果冻影院 include:

• Soc-B Centre for Doctoral Training in Biosocial Research
• 果冻影院 Wellcome 4-year PhD in Mental Health Science

Other main sources of funding for听UK/EU applicants听are studentships from:

Below are also some links to opportunities for funding by specialised charities:

Please check the information for prospective graduate students on the听听for a full listing of funding possibilities. Another source of funding information can be found听

Overseas students听are eligible to apply to a number of sources of funding, including The British Council, Commonwealth Scholarships and WHO Scholarships. In the majority of instances you must apply direct to the funding organisation and听it is vital to make early enquiries听(up to a year in advance).

Please also review eligibility for the funding streams listed听by clicking on the links provided as conditions vary. If you have a query after checking all the information signposted below please contact us.

Supervisors

Please click a supervisors name to view further information regarding their background and contact details.

Supervisors

Supervisor	Research interests
	Children and young people's mental health Health services research Systematic reviews Mixed methods research
	Genetics Psychosis Dementia
	Clinical Psychology Trauma and PTSD Vicarious traumatisation Wellbeing and resilience Evaluating novel treatment interventions Case series design research Qualitative research
	Communication and conversation in palliative care Communication and conversation in terminal care Conversation analysis Interventions to improve conversation in health and social care
	Neuroimaging Psychopharmacology and psychiatric treatment Psychosis and Schizophrenia Psychotherapy and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy PTSD and Complex PTSD Trauma
	Schizophrenia Biploar Disorder Psychosis Genetics Neurophysiology Biomarkers
Professor Anthony David	Insight into illness Longitudinal studies of risk for psychosis using the ALSPAC cohort Functional neurological disorders Depersonalisation disorder
	Psychological interventions Older people Dementia Physical health conditions Trials
	Health services research Epidemiology Qualitative research Intellectual developmental disabilities Challenging behaviour Borderline intelligence
	Psychiatric epidemiology Pharmacoepidemiology Prediction and personalisation Ecological momentary assessment Causal Inference methods Psychosis and schizophrenia Mood disorders Physical health-mental health interface
	Sociology of ageing Cultures of ageing Personhood and later life Medical Sociology
	Clinically applied anthropology Cross-cultural psychiatry Psychiatric ethnography Cultural formulations in mental health Caste & mental health in India Mental health of marginalised populations across cultures
	Evaluations of complex mental health interventions, especially in crisis care and early psychosis Social associations with mental health outcomes
	Rehabilitation Psychiatry Health Services Research Complex psychosis
	Psychiatric epidemiology Psychosis and schizophrenia Social and economic determinants of mental health Immigration and ethnicity in mental health Causal Inference methods
	Genetics Depression Diverse populations
	Dementia care End of life care/palliative care Carer wellbeing Compassion/emotion regulation Psychological interventions
	Epidemiology and aetiology of depression Relationship between reward and punishment mechanisms and the treatment and outcome of affective disorders
	Dementia Family Carers Neuropsychiatric Symptoms Quality of Life Trials Technology
	Health services research Social care research Process and implementation research
	Dementia prevention Psychological risk factors Subjective cognitive decline Behavioural interventions
	Molecular genetics of schizophrenia Molecular genetics of bipolar Disorder Molecular genetics of alcohol Dependence Molecular genetics of Wernicke Korsakov's syndrome
	Psychosis Schizophrenia Neuroimaging Brain development Effect of social risk factors on the brain Glutamate
	Psychiatric drug treatment Decision making in mental health History of psychiatry Critical psychiatry
	Dementia 鈥� risk factors, prevention, management Ethnic inequalities in health pathways and outcomes Health related behaviours
	Dementia Alzheimer's disease Psychological interventions Depression Randomised controlled clinical trials Systematic reviews Well-being in late life
	Epidemiology and randomised trials Cardiovascular health in psychosis Evaluation of interventions in severe mental illness Interface between Mental health and physical health Psychosis including schizophrenia and bipolar affective disorder
	Psychiatric epidemiology Suicide and self-harm: risk and protective factors Understanding the suicidal mind Interventions to reduce the risk of suicide Loneliness and social isolation: associations with mental ill-health and suicidality
	Dementia care and support interventions linical trials in dementia Qualitative research Inclusion health
	Delirium End of life care Dementia research Liaison psychiatry for older people Pain
	Cognitive behaviour therapy Randomised clinical trials End of life care
	Dementia Social cognition Social functioning Epidemiology Care home residents
	Palliative Care Terminal Care Prognosis Symtom Control Cancer-related fatigue Palliative sedation
	Intellectual Disability and Autism Spectrum Disorders Family adaptation and well-being Quality of life and well-being in ID and ASD (adults and children) Challenging behaviours
	Wellbeing Anthropology Sociology of scientific knowledge Mixed methods Patient-reported outcome measure development
	Dementia research Treatment trials Lewy Body Dementia Neuroimaging Subjective cognitive decline

Supervision

Along with many areas of 果冻影院, the DoP are introducing thesis committees from October 2019. These are basically expanded supervisory teams. All research students therefore must have:

• A Principal Supervisor, whose area of expertise is closely aligned with the student鈥檚 chosen research topic and who is responsible for directing their research training.
• A Subsidiary Supervisor, who is there to help assess progress, provide continuity of supervision and additional expertise.
• At least two additional supervisors with relevant academic experience. Only one of the three non-primary supervisors can be from the same team as the Primary Supervisor. These members may be 果冻影院 staff or external to 果冻影院, but at least one of your subsidiary or additional supervisors should be a member of 果冻影院 academic staff.
• Your Principal and Subsidiary supervisors will discuss the composition of your thesis committee when you start and this will be approved by one of the Graduate Tutors.

Supervisors do not necessarily need to come from the same division and can even be drawn from different institutions.

The 果冻影院 Doctoral Skills Development programme runs training sessions on supervisory relationships, for example 鈥淕etting the Most Out of Your Supervisory Relationship鈥�, and confidential one-to-one problem-solving sessions. You can find the full list and sign up on the . Resources on Good Supervision are also available. If you are having any difficulties with your supervisor, you can speak to the divisional graduate tutors (Claudia Cooper or Liz Sampson).

Training & development听

Personal development

The 果冻影院 Doctoral Skills Development programme offers personal and professional development training courses tackling topics such as 鈥楤uilding up Emotional Strength as a Researcher鈥�, 鈥楳indfulness Meditation鈥� and 鈥楳anaging the Anxieties of a PhD鈥�. You may find these helpful for your wellbeing as a PhD student. You can find the full list and sign up on the .

Doctoral training school

There is a mandatory 果冻影院 Doctoral School training session that runs in Term 1 called Introduction to Doctoral Skills Development and the Research Student Log. This induction provides an outline of the policy on transferable skills training for doctoral students and the national Researcher Development Framework that informs 果冻影院鈥檚 programme. The session will explain how the Research Student Log and the Skills function work together, and how students may record their academic progress and skills development during their degree.听

Support and wellbeing

Mental health and wellbeing support

If you are struggling with your mental health or personal issues, there is a range of support available specifically for 果冻影院 students:

• 果冻影院 24/7 Student Support Line听is a free, confidential wellbeing support service available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.听
• : a team of expert wellbeing, disability and mental health advisers, offering a range of support for students, including confidential meetings, daily drop-in sessions and advice on extenuating circumstances and interrupting studies. You can call 0207 679 0100, email student.wellbeing@ucl.ac.uk, or find more information on the student support and wellbeing page.
• : a free service providing short-term counselling, cognitive behavioural therapy, psychiatric support and psycho-educational groups to help you deal with a range of personal, emotional and psychological concerns.
• PhD students can access some additional sources of support from 果冻影院 Workplace Health, on top of what's offered for all our students, including听SilverCloud, an online cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) platform, that offers wellbeing support to 果冻影院 staff and PhD students.
• 果冻影院 Student Funding Advisors: confidential financial support, advice and guidance for 果冻影院 students struggling with money management or complex funding issues. Current students can raise a query on the ask果冻影院 system. Prospective students can email: studentfundingadvice@ucl.ac.uk.听

Quiet room

In Wing B there is a quiet room, which can be used for breastfeeding, expressing breastmilk, prayer, or simply as a quiet space. The room is on the left hand side of Wing B, behind meeting room 8.

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